The trip ran into a small glitch, when an unknown problem caused the Soyuz capsule to skip two planned steering maneuvers, delaying their arrival until Thursday.

Mission commentator Rob Navias said, "The crew is in no danger. The Soyuz (is) equipped with plenty of consumables to go even beyond the next two days, should that be become necessary. Nobody expects that that will be the case."

Engine problems caused a delay in the Soyuz's arrival at the International Space Station on March 26, 2014.

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Russia's space agency, Roscosmos, said the spacecraft would arrive at the ISS on Thursday, March 27, 2014.

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The mission to the ISS is a sign of US-Russia space cooperation pressing on despite the diplomatic standoff over Ukraine.

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The new crew of Russian cosmonauts and US astronaut will stay on the ISS for six months.

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